Reino Kalervo Kangasmäki (2 July 1916 – 26 September 2010) was a journalist and a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight class at the 1948 Olympics, his only major international tournament. At the national championships Kangasmäki placed third in 1943 and second in 1947.[1][2]
 Kangasmäki at the 1948 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 July 1916 Kokkola, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 September 2010 (aged 94) Vaasa, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52–55 kg (115–121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | TUL Vaasan Toverit | ||||||||||||||
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Kangasmäki was born in a family of a lumberjack. He started training in wrestling around 1935 and retired in 1951.[3] In 1953, he started as a journalist for the newspaper Kansan Ääni, and eventually became its chief editor.[4]
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- ^ "Reino Kangasmäki". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Kangasmäki Reino Kalervo. tulpaini.fi
- ^ Kangasmäki Reino. tulpaini.fi
- ^ Vallin, Harri (12 November 2010). "Olympiapronssimitalisti Reino Kangasmäki nukkunut pois". Vaasan Toverit (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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